Olympus E-410 vs Sony W810

Let's look closer at the Olympus E-410 vs Sony W810, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the other is a Ultracompact by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a huge gap among the sensor resolutions of the E-410 (10MP) and W810 (20MP) and the E-410 (Four Thirds) and W810 (1/2.3") offer different sensor sizes.

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The E-410 was manufactured 7 years prior to the W810 and that is a fairly significant gap as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-410 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W810 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going straight to a step-by-step comparison, here is a quick view of how the E-410 scores versus the W810 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-410 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-410 Gallery and Sony W810 Gallery.

If you are looking to lug around your camera regularly, you should factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus E-410 features outside dimensions of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") with a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs) and the Sony W810 has sizing of 97mm x 56mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") accompanied by a weight of 111 grams (0.24 lbs).

Look at the Olympus E-410 vs Sony W810 in the all new Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Do not forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary based on the lens you have attached during that time. Following is a front view overall size comparison of the E-410 vs the W810.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-410 and W810 is 77 and 96 respectively.

Typically, its tough to picture the difference in sensor measurements merely by looking through specifications. The photograph here will help give you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the E-410 and W810.

To sum up, the two cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-410 due to its larger sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF easier and the Sony W810 will provide you with more detail due to its extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop pics a good deal more aggressively. The older E-410 will be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.